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Hi!

My name is PierPaolo< I'm living in Brazil. My question is about the book The Smoky God, wich it is said that is free to use it.

I've been noted that here in Brazil this book was never translated before. But i am interested in publish just an excerpt.

This book is about a manuscript made by Sir Olaf Jansen. 

My question is if this book never had been translated here, My translation will the first in Brazil but it is just one part of the book. I must explain on my publication that was translated from a book that is free on the united States or I need to ask for copyrights by yours?

If you write me a license showing or proving that is a free book for translations I think that I could do this.

Sorry but I never do this before ! 

I think that Brazil must know about that manuscript

Thank you !

Pierpaolo Roncoroni Romero

156 Pacem in Terris

Pacem in Terris

Pope John XXIII, 1963

"May He banish from the hearts of all men and women whatever might endanger peace.

May He transform them into witnesses of truth, justice and love.

May He enkindle the rulers of peoples so that in addition to their solicitude for the proper welfare of their citizens, they may guarantee and defend the great gift of peace.

May He enkindle the wills of all so that they may overcome the barriers that divide, cherish the bonds of mutual charity, understand others, and pardon those who have done them wrong.

May all peoples of the earth become as brothers and sisters, and may the most longed-for peace blossom forth and reign always among men and women."

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Is it better to make important life decisions on your own or is it better to consult other people?

There are good reasons for both, I suppose. Ultimately, it’s your life so I suppose you should make the decisions. On the other hand, any decisions you make can affect other people so it seems only right to discuss things with others first. Like many philosophical questions, there’s no simple answer, I’m afraid.

Do you think good decision-making can be taught?

Well, if you go to a bookstore you’ll see lots of self-help books that claim to teach decision-making. I’m not sure any of them are effective though. I suppose it depends on the type of decision you mean. If it’s a business strategy, then I’m sure some decisions are better than others and business schools teach this. But if it’s a moral issue then I’m not sure anyone can claim to know the right decision, so how could anyone teach it?

Is watching TV a good way of forgetting about work or study?

Absolutely, yes. These days there’s so much choice available that we can completely immerse ourselves in entertainment. I mean, you can turn on a good drama or comedy show and pretty soon you forget about everything that happened that day. I think that without TV we’d all go a little crazy.

Should coworkers also spend their leisure time together?

I’m completely against this. The problem with people going out together after work is that they just gossip about certain people in the office or factory, and this can hardly be a good thing for the company, can it? Another thing is that there’s always the risk that you will say something you regret after a few drinks and then you have to face your colleagues again the next day. So, in short, I would definitely advise people to think twice about socialising with colleagues.

This IELTS candidate scores highly by:

• Using strong expressions of (dis)agreement: Absolutely, yes; I’m completely against this
• Using ellipsis or substitution to avoid ‘parrotting’ the question: Absolutely, yes; I’m completely against this
• Supporting opinions with more than one reason
• Using you, we and they to make general observations about people
• Paraphrasing key elements of the question: entertainment; colleagues; socialising
• Summarising the main argument when an answer becomes quite long: So, in short…

Questions 5 & 6: Sample answers and analysis

Do you agree that English should be the main language of international exchange?

That’s a very interesting question. I’ve never really thought about it before, actually. We all just assume that it should be English, don’t we? But what other languages could we use? I suppose Chinese is becoming quite an important language, but the pronunciation is too difficult for most people. English is already the main language of universities and business, so maybe it should stay that way.

What are the difficulties in creating a universal language?

Do you mean inventing a completely new language? Yes? Well, I mean, er, it’s never been done before, has it? There was Latin, of course, which was used by people all over Europe, but I’m not sure if it was really created for that purpose. Actually, I think there used to be a universal language about a hundred years ago. What was it called again, Esperanto? But that disappeared quite quickly. Er, what I’m trying to say is, I don’t think anyone has ever succeeded in creating a universal language, so I doubt if it will ever be possible in the future.

150 What are state verbs?

what are state verbs?

'They love it' or 'They are loving it'?

When a verb describes a state and not an action  we do not use the continuous tense. For example, 'play' is an action so we can say 'playing' whereas 'be' is a fixed state which does not change: 'To be, or not to be'.

Grammatically it is not correct to say "Im loving it" even though McDonald's have made this expression famous. 'Love' is a state verb and so we should say "I love it".

State verbs generally fall into 4 groups:

Emotion: love, hate, want, need

Possession: have, own, want, belong

Sense: see, hear, smell, seem

Thought: know, believe, remember

Here are some more examples of state verbs:

State Verbs
doubt	dislike	understand	suspect
loathe	own	belong	know
like	need	want	seem
mean	believe	forget	remember
prefer	hate	love	see

some verbs can be both state and action verbs

Some words can be state verbs and action verbs. The meaning of these verbs is then different. Take a look at these:

'I have a car.' – state verb showing possession

'I am having a bath.' – action verb which, in this case, means 'taking'.

'I think you are cool.' – state verb meaning 'in my opinion'.

'I am thinking about buying a motorbike.' – action verb meaning 'considering'.

Link: How to use 'if' in conditional sentences

Link: More help with State Verbs

• I am disliking garlic.
  
  correct
  incorrect
• I prefer winter to summer.
  
  correct
  incorrect
• She is reading a good book.
  
  correct
  incorrect
• I thinking about work.
  
  incorrect
  correct
• Please don't forgetting me.
  
  incorrect
  correct
• He is knowing him for a long time.
  
  incorrect
  correct
• I am hate school.
  
  correct
  incorrect
• You seem tired.
  
  incorrect
  correct
• She own a cat.
  
  correct
  incorrect
• They belong to the music club.
  
  incorrect
  correct
• Do you believing me?
  
  incorrect
  correct
• They need you.
  
  incorrect
  correct